Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record.
ANDRE MAUROISLost Illusion is the undisclosed title of every novel.
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A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.
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If you value a man’s regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper – and despise it.
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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.
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We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder.
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The most solid happiness can be shaken by the compassion of a fool.
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A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
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The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author’s life.
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Style is the hallmark of a temperament stamped upon the material at hand.
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There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.
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Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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Self-pity comes so naturally to all of us.
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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
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If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.
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